President ’ s Message

The year 2023 seems to have flown by at lightning speed now that we have left the pandemic struggle behind us. We are now all trying to keep on top of a constant barrage of new demands, many of which were put on hold during the height of COVID-19. Please remember to pace yourself to avoid burnout. The holiday season is rapidly approaching us so please set aside some time for personal relaxation and enjoying the festive season with your loved ones.

Over the last year the CCE Audit Task Force has worked to identify improvements to resolve the areas of concern identified in the commissioned 2022 CCE Audit Report. It is hoped that these efforts will improve transparency and communication amongst the ACCE Board of Directors, Healthcare Technology Certification Commission, and the two Boards of Examiners, to help better serve the Clinical Engineering community at large. A special thanks to our new President-Elect Katherine Navarro who continues to lead this task force that draws its membership from all four operating entities. This important work will continue for the foreseeable future until all identified issues in the Audit Report are dealt with.

As mentioned previously, we are moving ahead with upgrades to the ACCE website over the next few months as a priority activity. We will update you in the future on the resulting improvements to the website once this work is completed.

As part of the ACCE’s commitment to continuing education of our profession, the fourth webinar in our annual series of ten educational webinars will be held on December 14th and cover Incident Investigation Best Practices. Please remember to pre-register for this December educational webinar and look ahead at the upcoming six planned webinars in this annual series. These webinars are free for ACCE members.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind people of the pending nomination deadline for the 2024 Advocacy Awards, which is December 10th. This is your opportunity to highlight the accomplishments of your colleagues in our profession.

Submissions for the 2024 Student Paper competition will be accepted until January 19th Please advise your students of this contest. The details are outlined on the ACCE website if they are interested in finding out more. It is a good opportunity to get early career recognition for individuals just entering our field.

I personally would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your great efforts to support and improve the CE / HTM field and hope all of you enjoy some downtime and have a great start to 2024.